.. only:: html .. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note Click :ref:`here ` to download the full example code .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _sphx_glr_gallery_ticks_and_spines_tick_xlabel_top.py: ========================================== Set default x-axis tick labels on the top ========================================== We can use :rc:`xtick.labeltop` and :rc:`xtick.top` and :rc:`xtick.labelbottom` and :rc:`xtick.bottom` to control where on the axes ticks and their labels appear. These properties can also be set in ``.matplotlib/matplotlibrc``. .. image:: /gallery/ticks_and_spines/images/sphx_glr_tick_xlabel_top_001.png :alt: xlabel top :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. code-block:: default import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np plt.rcParams['xtick.bottom'] = plt.rcParams['xtick.labelbottom'] = False plt.rcParams['xtick.top'] = plt.rcParams['xtick.labeltop'] = True x = np.arange(10) fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.plot(x) ax.set_title('xlabel top') # Note title moves to make room for ticks plt.show() .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_ticks_and_spines_tick_xlabel_top.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python :download:`Download Python source code: tick_xlabel_top.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: tick_xlabel_top.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_